Charter for Working Group

The TELNET Working Group will examine RFC 854, ``Telnet ProtocolSpecification,'' in light of the last six years of technicaladvancements, and will determine if it is still accurate with how theTELNET protocol is being used today. This group will also look at all the TELNET options, and decide which are still germane to current-day implementations of the TELNET protocol.

(1) Re-issue RFC 854 to reflect current knowledge and usage of the TELNET protocol.

(2) Create RFCs for new TELNET options to clarify or fill in any voids in the current option set. Specifically: environment variable passing, authentication, encryption, and compression.

(3) Act as a clearing-house for all proposed RFCs that deal with the TELNET protocol.

Milestones

Date

Milestone

Jul 1993

Submit the encryption option to the IESG as an Experimental Protocol.

Done

Submit the authentication option to the IESG as an Experimental Protocol.